THE REGION

THE REGION; Connecticut Draws Funds for Jobless

Special to the New York Times

Published: December 16, 1982

HARTFORD, Dec. 15—
Because of Connecticut's rising unemployment rate, the state is drawing a $70 million advance from the Federal unemployment trust fund to help pay benefits during the first three months of 1983, P. Joseph Peraro, the State Labor Commissioner, announced today. He said Connecticut might seek total advances of $104 million for all of 1983.

According to preliminary estimates, the state faces a gap of nearly $300 million between anticipated revenues and expenditures in the next fiscal year.